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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "SETI" refer to in the narrative?
(a) The Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence.
(b) Social Experiment for Terrestrial Intelligence.
(c) Secure External Technological Intelligence.
(d) Standard Experimental Technology Intelligence.

2. What does "NATO" stand for?
(a) The National Academy for Technological Order.
(b) The National Astrophysics Treaty Organization.
(c) The Nuclear Alternatives Testing Organization.
(d) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

3. What is the computer systems called that Ye Wenjie uses to keep an eye on enemy spacecraft and operations in Chapter 12, "Red Coast II"?
(a) FORTRAN.
(b) YUTRON.
(c) AMTRON.
(d) MITRON.

4. How long does Mozi predict the coming Stable Era to last in Chapter 11, "Three Body: Mozi and Fiery Flames"?
(a) Several eons.
(b) Two years.
(c) Six years.
(d) Four years.

5. Who is the source of the papers that are presented to Ye Wenjie in jail in Chapter 2, "Silent Spring"?
(a) Shao Lin.
(b) Ruan Wen.
(c) Xine.
(d) Wenxue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the profession held by Hai Mo?

2. For what publication is Bai Mulin a reporter?

3. What is the organization that controls China's nuclear missiles, according to the Translator's Note in Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"?

4. Who is Ye Wenjie's daughter that Wang comes to see her about in Chapter 8, "Ye Wenjie"?

5. Where is the space observation center that is run by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Peking University's Joint Center for Astrophysics?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Ye Wenjie go after her father's death? Why?

2. Who is Shao Lin and what is revealed about her character in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?

3. What setting is described when Wang logs onto the Three Body game in Chapter 11, "Three Body: Mozi and Fiery Flames"?

4. What happens when the Stable Era begins in the Three Body game in Chapter 11, "Three Body: Mozi and Fiery Flames"?

5. What setting is established in Chapter 9, "The Universe Flickers"? How is it described?

6. What setting is established in Chapter 4, “The Frontiers of Science"? How much time has passed as Part II: "Three-Body" begins?

7. What is revealed in the "Translator's Notes" in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?

8. Where is Ye Wenjie taken by helicopter in Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"? Why?

9. Describe the narrative style in The Three-Body Problem. Does the narrative style change in the course of the novel?

10. Who is Ye Zhetai? What is his character's importance in The Three-Body Problem?

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